Screen for double railway-car windows



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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3l |917.

R. T. AXE.

SCREEN FOR DOUBLE RAILWAY CAR WINDOWS.

APPLICATION man ocT. 3|. 19u.

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PATENT OFFICE.

INC., OF SYRACUSE, NEVI'YORK, A GOR'PORATION'OFJNEW YORK.

SCREEN FOR DOUBLE RAILWAY-CAR WINDOWS;

specification of Letters Patent.y Patented NOV. 1.6, @1920.

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Be it known that LROY T. Axn,a citizen of the United States', anda residentlof Syra' cuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented fa ycertain'new and usefuly Screen for' Double Railway-Car Windows, of whichthe` following is, a specification.

This invention relates to windows `espe` cially railway carwi-ndows, and has for'its object .a particularly -simple 'and =eiiicient f screen construction, and means vofjapplying section, of a'windowframe, with myscreen therein, the sashes being removed.

Fig?, is a'vertical sectional view taken on the plane of line 2-2,;Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is lanenlargedsectional view taken on the plane of line 3-f3,JF ig. 1.

Fig. 4 isan elevation ofthe screen.l v Fig. 5 is a detail view of the strlpinserted "fin therails `.and stiles of the screens to hold the screening in position.

Fig. 6 is a'fragmentary detail sectional view. of the screen, theV parts being shown as displacedslightly outwardly. f

This invention comprises generally, a frame, a double sash 'as inner and outer sashes movable in the frame andfhaving their opposing faces spaced apart, and a v screen movable vertically inthe .frame between the sashes .andindependently of the sashes along the parting strips. Y

l designates the window frame which ,may beV lof any suitable form, ,size and construction, it-being here shown vas formed of sheet metal andas provided fwith the usual outer stops 2, parting strips .-3 and inner 'stops 4 whichconfine guideways for the outer and innersashes 5, 6. The sashes 5, 6 may be of4 anyl suitable form, size and construction and arehere shownas balanced, lpartly ,bal-

anced or overbalanced by' spring rollers `7 and 8 whichare Vconnected thereto by cables or chains 9, the springrollers tending to raise the ls ashes, as will be understood by thoseskilled in the art. VThe window sashes are provided with sash vholding devices'hav-l ing`.handles 1'0 flush with the Afront faces of thesashes an'drope'rating rock shafts 11 on whichA aremountedv the usual detents coactingjwitlrracks 12l formed on Vthe parting strips Band thegs'tops 4.

13 visthe.screenmovablealong guides 14 detachably secured to the parting strips 3. The" screen is 'here shown ja's"provided with' a sheet'j'm'etal sash or "frame including stiles andirailsl formed from sheet metal'and havin'g channels 15l opening 'through one -face thereof, ascreeningl having its margin17 extended' into thevchannels 15 .and strips 18 inserted inthe channels 15 onto'th'e margins 17 of the' screening to secure the screening to" the Y"frame Thefstiles and, rails of the sash are also formed with channels '19 in their'edge faces, the channels 19 in the stiles coacting with Vand receiving the guides 14,

' and the channels 19 along the rails, particu-V larly the lower rail of the frame having a weather stripping devicetherein. lSaid devvice includes a tube, as a rubber tube 20, Y which 'is held in position by a ystrip 21 ex'- tended through the tube and pressedinto the channel 19 to clamp the interposed portion ofthe tube in said channel 19.l 'The strip '21 is in the form of a U-shaped channel as shown in F ig. 6. Y

lThe screen is held in its closed position andat different elevations by means of locking lbolts 22 extending edgewise through the Astiles of the screen frame and operable by handles 23. located between the planes ofthe front and rear faces of the screen. These handle's23 are located or exposed at the in# ner edges of the stile'of the screen frame in Y front of the screening and each consists of resilient metal strips extending lengthwise of the stile and fixed at one end, to vthe stile and having its other end looped to form a handle.QThe bolts 22 lcoperate with suitable openings 25- in the guides 14 when the screen is in its closed position, and-with indentations'26 formed in said guides 14 when the screen is elevated.

The screen is held from rattling by spring pressed devices rcarried by onebf the walls of the channel 419 in each of the stilesL and pressing againstY the opposing face of the guide ,14, and as here shown, these. devices consist of pins or shoes 27 extending through one of the walls of said channel 19 and acted upon by the intermediate part of ya bow spring 28.v having its ends secured at 29 to the stile of the screen frame.

Each rail and stile of the sash frame is formed separately of two strips of metal 30, 31, the strip 30 being formed to have flanges 3:2, 33 extending in opposite directions from a connecting web 34 and constituting the Vfront and rear sides of the body of the sash. The web 34C forms' one side of the channel 15. rlhe strip 31 is similarly bent to have flanges 35, 36 and webs 37. The flange 36 lies iiat on liange 33 with its free edge abutting against the web 3% at the Vangleof the web 3iand the iiange 33, the ange 35 is opposed to the margin of the' flange 33 and together with the web 37 and said margin forms the channel 19. The web V 37' is Vopposed to the web 34 and together therewith and the lia-nge 36 forms the channel 15. rllhe strips 30, 31 are welded together and are mitered at their abutting ends wherethey are welded together. The

screeningV adjacent its margin turned in the channel 15,V passes over the flange 32. The strips 13 which hold the screening in the channels are separate from each other and hence are separately receivable. Said strips 18'are also mitered at their abutting ends.

The guides 14 are bent in the form of a U-shaped channel with flanges 38 abutting against the opposing edge faces of the parting strips 3. One of said guides includes a lower section which 'is separable from the upperv section at 39, that is, at a point Y slighty above the upper edge of the screen Vwhen the screen is in its closed position or slightly below fthe lower edge when the screen isin its raised position and the guides by screws 40.

f7-hen it is desired to remove Ythe screen, the frontpstops 4l are removed to permit the sash to be swungv outwardly. The screws 40 of the lower section of thegui'de for the screen are tlienremoved so that said lower are detachably lsecured to the parting strips 40,

to be pulled out. The screen is first raised to permit the lower section of the guide tov be removed and then lowered into a position to be removed. Y y

Owing. to the construction of the screen and the arrangement of its handles it can be made thin enough to be placed between the usual inner and outer `sashes of railway cars and further, owing to the arrangement of the guides 14, the screen can be readily applied to existing double windows of railway cars.

IV hat I claim is:

In awindow construction, the combinationo'fa frame, inner and outer sashes movable in the frameand having their opposing faces lspaced apart, parting strips between the sashes and formed with guides one comprising a removable section located below the screen when in its raised position, and a screen movable between the sashes and along the guides, substantially as and for slidably interlocked with the guide, one of the guides Vincluding a removable section,

and means for detachably securing saidV section in position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A window construction comprising a sash frame, including stiles and rails formed with a channel opening through one face thereof and with a channel opening through the edge faces, screening having its margin extending into the first mentioned channel,

strips inserted into the first-mentioned..

channel onto the margin of the screening, and weather strips in the channels at the edges of the rails, in combination with a window having guides extending into the channels at the-edges ofthe stiles,`substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

l. In a window construction, the combination of a frame, inner and outer sashes movable in the frame and having their opposingfaces spaced` apart, the frame being provided with guides in the space between the sashes, a screen movable along the guides between the sashes, and a lock for holding the screen at different elevations, the lock having handles exposed .on theinner edges of the stiles thereof between the front and rear planes of thefaces of the screen, substantially as and'or the purpose described. l

5. In a window construction, lthe combination of a frame formed with a and friction meansffor holding ther sash from rattling includinga part extending through Y g Guide, aV v sash formed @with a 'channel in the edge face of one of its stiles, for receiving the guide a wall ofthe channel Vin position to press against the guide, and a spring carried by the sash and pressing onsaid part, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a Vwindow construction the combination cfa frame formedV with a guide, a

sash formed with a channel in thel edgek face of one lof its stiles for receiving the` guide and friction means for holding the sash from rattling including apart cxtending through a wall of the channel in posi-` tion to press against the guide, and a spring carriedby the sash and pressing on said part, said spring lying on the outer face of said wall of the channel, substantially as and forv the: purpose set forth.

7. Ina window construction the combi'- nation of a frame formed with a guide, a

sash formed iwitha channel in the edge face of one of its stiles for receiving the guide, and friction meansl for holding the sash from rattling including a part extending through t Wall of the channel in position to press against the guide, and a. spring carried by the sash and pressing on said part, said spring lying on the outer face of said Wall ot' the channel, and being secured at its ends to said Wall and having itsintermediete portion` tensioned and acting on-said 10 of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 15 15th day of October, 1917.

ROY T. AXE. 

